Title :
Multi-banded coherent WDM transmission
Author :
Gunning, F. C Garcia ; Healy, T. ; Manning, R.J. ; Ellis, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Tyndall Nat. Inst., Univ. Coll. Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
The world´s first 1.5 Tbit/s multi-banded coherent-WDM system is demonstrated, in which five co-polarised bands of 298 Gbit/s-NRZ channels are transmitted over 80.4 km of SMF-28e® in a simple cost-effective arrangement, with an aggregate spectral efficiency of 0.83 b/s/Hz.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 Tbit/s; 298 Gbit/s; NRZ channels; SMF-28e®; WDM; coherent transmission; copolarised bands; multibanded transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
